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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scoop do to Heidi at the party?
(a) Leaves Heidi without saying good-bye.
(b) Embarrasses Heidi.
(c) Asks Heidi to go for coffee.
(d) Scolds Heidi for not speaking up for herself.

2. Who does Heidi defend in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Peter.
(c) Molly.
(d) Susan.

3. Why does Heidi initially choose not to share her struggle with the women's group in the church basement?
(a) Heidi does not like the women in the group.
(b) Heidi believes that her struggle is personal.
(c) She embarrasses easily.
(d) She does not feel like she is struggling.

4. What is the name of Heidi's friend that goes to the dance with her?
(a) Lisa Moore.
(b) Patricia Lankin.
(c) Susan Johnston.
(d) Mary Johnson.

5. What does Heidi tell the young man who asks her to dance?
(a) That she cannot leave her friend.
(b) That she would love to dance.
(c) That she dislikes him.
(d) That she is too sick to dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act I, Scene I, what element is used to convey Heidi's road to feminism?

2. The opening scene in Act I, Scene 3 has what song in the background?

3. Which of the two characters are clerking for the same Supreme Court Judge in Act 1, Scene 4?

4. What is Heidi's high school friend doing in Chicago in Act 1, Scene 4?

5. Why does Susan make the decision that she chooses to announce in the church basement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the subject Heidi discusses in her class in 1989.

2. Describe Heidi's personality.

3. How does Heidi approach the group at the women's consciousness rap group in the church basement?

4. What is one of Scoop's most unusual personality characteristics?

5. By reading the Prologue, what facts do we learn about Heidi and the play in general?

6. Why does Heidi's old friend Peter show up at the protest?

7. Scoop Rosenbaum takes a sweeping view of Heidi's personality characteristics. Overall, what are Scoop's feelings towards Heidi? What does he admire?

8. What is Heidi doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

9. Heidi criticizes the painting of Lily Martin Spencer for a particular reason. What is that reason?

10. Heidi has one primary belief that seems to carry her throughout the play, including Act 1, Scene 3. What is this belief?

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